“A tiki bar is never finished. Never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever.” That’s what Ed Rudisell told me as we toured Inferno Room hours before its Sept. 11 debut in Fountain Square. Rudisell and his ...

Tiki bars, despite their purported Polynesian roots, are as California as the Gold Rush and boogie boards. Stepping inside one is being part of Golden State history. After Trader Vic’s opened its ...